# Fractures at Gestamp West Virginia, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20201110771` · 11/13/2020 · SOUTH CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Gestamp West Virginia, LLC
- **Location:** 3100 MacCorkle Avenue SW, SOUTH CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA, 25303
- **NAICS:** 336211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing parts in storage bins, which were then stacked on top of one another. A forklift came to move a filled bin, and its forks caught on a bin below the one being lifted. The bin struck the employee's right leg, causing a compound fracture of the lower leg. The employee was hospitalized.

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